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    Grip Clip: Pencil Hero by Atticus Anderson and Blake Crowe

    The soft plastic clip that slides onto your glasses and holds a pen or pencil. Help us save your pencil, time, and your peace of mind!

    Successful!
    • 124% funded
    • $7,455 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 20, 2013

    Quirky & cool, the video for Grip Clip tells a neat story without many KS campaign conventions. It's a fun product coming from a couple of Mechanical Engineering students at Stanford.

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    SparkTruck: stories from a cross-country maker journey by Jason Chua

    The Kickstarter-funded SparkTruck has completed its 15,323 mile roadtrip. Now it’s time to share the story through a short documentary.

    Successful!
    • 111% funded
    • $8,950 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 14, 2013

    SparkTruck is/was an amazing project: a cross-country odyssey focused on hands-on learning. The stories that emerged from the adventure are equally amazing. We love that film is one route the SparkTruck folks are taking.

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    TJ* An Animatronic Puppet by Jeff Kessler

    TJ* is an customizable robot performer / tech toy for you or your kids! Make his eyes and mouth move via servos over Arduino!

    Successful!
    • 1,573% funded
    • $40,281 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 14, 2012

    TJ* is an animatronic puppet that you can control and program yourself. Fun for the whole family!

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    SparkLab: the educational build-mobile! by Jason Chua

    A big red truck filled with cutting-edge maker tools that goes from school to school, bringing the joy of building back to kids.

    Successful!
    • 125% funded
    • $31,275 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 24, 2012

    Such a brilliant & vital project coming out of the Stanford Product Design Program and the d.school.

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    Words in Perspective - A Unique Sculpture Design by Tom

    A sculpture design that seems to show a jumble of fragments, but when viewed from two specific locations reveals hidden words.

    Successful!
    • 433% funded
    • $15,169 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 23, 2012

    Form & function: words that reveal themselves as you approach from different angles.

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    MaKey MaKey: An Invention Kit for Everyone by Jay Silver

    Ever played Mario on Play-Doh or Piano on Bananas? Alligator clip the Internet to your world and start inventing the future.

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    • 2,272% funded
    • $568,106 pledged
    • Funded
      Jun 12, 2012

    Magnificent example of "show don't tell" storytelling.

    Also, an awesome project.

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    Find the Starlight, Chapter One: Spark and Smoke by M

    The beginning chapter of a story told through items sent to readers, left in public spaces, buried, hidden, and sometimes lost.

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    • 180% funded
    • $4,501 pledged
    • Funded
      Feb 10, 2013

    An interaction in mystery & action: building a story real-time with an audience. Great!

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    T-REX by Drea Cooper/Zackary Canepari/Sue Johnson

    A documentary about 17 year-old Claressa "T-Rex" Shields, the youngest woman - and one of the first - to ever box in the Olympics.

    Successful!
    • 122% funded
    • $64,507 pledged
    • Funded
      Aug 04, 2012

    Lovely storytelling on multiple levels––great use of details to build tension! + a direct and clear ask. Check out the video & the project.

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    ReadySet Solar Kit for iPad, iPhone, Android & more by Mike & Brian at Fenix International

    ReadySet is a solar charger that can power up to 10 iPhones or run an iPad for 12 hours of continuous video-play on a single charge.

    Successful!
    • 561% funded
    • $112,362 pledged
    • Funded
      Aug 10, 2012

    Stanford Product design alum. Straightforward, clear, concise communication.

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    The Happiest Place : A Journey Across Bhutan by Ben Henretig

    A documentary capturing an unprecedented, border-to-border crossing of Bhutan - one of the happiest places on earth.

    Successful!
    • 249% funded
    • $112,110 pledged
    • Funded
      Oct 14, 2012

    Project from Ben Henretig, a StoryViz guest and founder of microdocumentaries. Beautiful photography and a fantastic voyage.

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    "Strangers" Season 2 by Lea Thau

    A storytelling podcast where people tell true life stories - frequently funny, occasionally heartbreaking, always interesting.

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    • 106% funded
    • $21,253 pledged
    • Funded
      Oct 31, 2012

    Great aural storytelling (airing on a great station: KCRW). Worth a listen.

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    FlipBooKit - Mechanical Flipbook Art and Kit by shinymind

    Unveiled at 2012 Maker Faire, these Amazing Mechanical Flip Books stole the show. Now we've developed a kit so you can build your own!

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    • 2,751% funded
    • $137,567 pledged
    • Funded
      Oct 30, 2012

    It's just cool.

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    The Lamp Post Guild by Pathwright Press

    Our mission is to teach professional illustration to aspiring artists and help them make a living doing what they love.

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    • 243% funded
    • $34,087 pledged
    • Funded
      Nov 14, 2012

    A group of talented illustrators who want to teach you how to draw.

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    Magnet Comic: A Custom Magnetic & Dry-Erase Comic Strip by Erik Heumiller

    A customizable comic strip that lets you create your own comics using magnetic characters and a dry-erase marker.

    Successful!
    • 1,028% funded
    • $66,835 pledged
    • Funded
      Dec 16, 2012

    Dry erase comic strip. Yep.

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    1 Second Everyday App by Cesar Kuriyama

    Imagine a movie that includes every day of the rest of your life…

    Successful!
    • 284% funded
    • $56,959 pledged
    • Funded
      Dec 27, 2012

    A visual diary of 1 second of your life.